Concrete-spreader mold



July 3, 1928. 1,675,443

' E. R. BELL CONCRETE SPREADER MOLD Filed June 23,1927 2 Sheets-Sheet lI a; 5,! I

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July 3, 1928.

E. R. BELL CONCRETE SPREADER MOLD Filed June 25, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented July 3, 1928..

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This invention spreader mold. 7

*It is annedto provide an effic1entconrelates to aconcrete struet'ionwhereby the frame for 'making variouslengths of concrete spreaders, 1321Cljustable in anovelmanner.

Another object is to provide such a. construction wherein wedge-shapedpins may be used if desired to form openings to accommodate bolts to beused in connection with the Spreaders.

Another object isto provide the device of such construction as to haverelatively movable parts coacting to produce the novel results.

Various additional objects and advantages will in part be pointed outand in part become apparent from a consideration of the descriptionfollowing taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating anoperative embodiment.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the mold;

Figures 2 and 3 are opposite end views thereof;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on a plane indicated by theline 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional View on a plane indicated by the line5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the base;

Figure 7 is frame;

Figure 8 is a perspective view wedge-pin; and

Figure 9 isa perspective view of one of the concrete spreaders andprovided with attaching members.

In carrying out the invention, a suitable base is provided as at 10which may be adapted for stationary disposition and sup port in anydesired manner. At one end of the base 10 are upstanding plates 11 and12 spaced by a slot as at 13.

Coacting withthe base 10 is a frame or body 1 1 which may have sidewalls 15, an end wall 16, a connecting bar 17, and a partition wall 18secured to the connecting bar and to the front or end wall 16. V Theframe is slidable over the base 10 with the bar 17 disposed in the rearof the plates 11 and 12 and with the partition 18 and end wall 16 aperspective view of the .of the resting directly on said base. The walls15,

however, depend belowthe end wall 16, partition 18 and bar 17so as tooverlap the sides of the baseand thus constitute a guide for themovement of the frame.

The-said coacting base and frame form poc kets or mold cavitiesiat 19andwQO, in which .spreaders of concrete or the like .21 areadapted tobe'molded or made, it being obvious thatl the body 14: tliroughadjustmentmay vary the size of the Spreaders to be made since it variesthe distance between the plates 11 and 12 and the end wall .16. Thespreader; of concrete made by the de vice may be used in place of theusual wooden spreaders for concrete mold forms. as in the making ofconcrete walls by pourine.

The plate 11 and end wall 16in line therewith may have openings 22 and23, respectively therethrough, to accommodate wedge pins 2 1, removably,and selectively forming a cylinder, so as to provide an opening in thespreader 21 cast in space 19, such opening being adapted to accommodatebolts 7 that may be inserted to hold the concrete forms together inpractice.

On the other hand, the spreader 21 may be of solid concrete and havefastening ele ments such as metallic nail-accommodating strips 25fastened at one end therein. The solid spreaders are made in theSpace'QO since the plate 17 and portion of the end wall 16 opposite thesame are imperforate.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spiritand scope of the invention.

That is claimed is p 1. A device of the class described comprising a.base member, a frame member, one of said members being movablerelatively to the other, and one of said members having a plate forcoaction with the other member to determine the size of the article tobe molded.

2. A mold of the class described having a base provided with anupstanding plate,a body having walls on opposite sides of the ,7 plate,a bar carried by the body outwardly of the plate for the purposespecified, and one of said members being movable relatively to theother.

3. A mold of the class described having a base, a plate risingtherefrom, a bodymovable relatively to the base having an end wall, sidewalls disposed on opposite sides of spacetlierebetween, a body slidableon the base having a partition occupying said space,-

said body having sides engaging the sides of the base, and a cross baron the body en gaging said plates. V

I 5. A moldof the class described having a base, plates rising therefromhaving a space therebetween, a body slidable on the base and consistingof an end member, side members extending below the end members andoverlapping the sides of the, base, a partition extending fromthe endmember and through said space,'and a bar connecting I said side membersand partition and- 1o- I y described compris. mg a baseihavlngupstanding plates with a catedon the opposite side of the plate to theend member.

6.3A71no1d of the class described. having a base, plates risingtherefrom having a space therebetween, a body slidable on the base andconsisting of an end member,*side members extending below the'endmembers and overlapping the sides of the 'base,-a par-' tition extendingfrom the end member and through saidspace, a

line'therewith, in combination with a pin for removable accommodationinsaid opening, for the purposespecified. f r f i In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature.

' i EARL R. BELL.

bar connecting said side members :and partition and located, on theopposite side of the plate to the end mem-- ber, one'of said plateshaving an opening and the endrnember having an opening in

